By Randy Krehbiel, Sept 5, 2019, Tulsa World
Health care, childhood trauma, infrastructure and education were among the legislative issues tagged for high priority at the annual OneVoice agenda meeting in downtown Tulsa on Wednesday.
OneVoice is an advocacy initiative of the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce. It includes some 75 northeastern Oklahoma organizations, including chambers of commerce, local governments, school districts and higher education institutions.
Issues are discussed by subject-area task forces and recommendations formulated over the summer. Those recommendations are presented at the September summit meeting, where a final list of 15 state and 15 federal priorities is approved.
Almost 400 people participated in Wednesday’s summit, which Tulsa Chamber officials said was the most ever.
Many of the priorities, or variations of them, have been on the list for some time, but others are relatively new. These include a call for a regional water policy, including reinstatement of a state program that helped finance local water projects.
Also new to the list were adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. Highlighted in a series of Tulsa World stories this year, ACEs have emerged as an important factor in the mental, emotional and physical health of the state’s population.
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